Obs. [a. OF. consentement = med.L. consentīmentum, f. consentīre to CONSENT: see -MENT.] The action of consenting, consent.
[1292. Britton, I. ii. § 5. Ou del comaundement, ou del consentment.]
1340. Ayenb., 11. Þe consentement and þe þoȝtes þer-to. Ibid., 19. Þe þoȝtes, þe consentemens, and þe willes of the zaules.
1491. Caxton, Vitas Patr. (W. de W., 1495), II. 250 a/1. Of one accorde and consentement.
1525. Ld. Berners, Froiss., II. ccx. [ccvi.] 657. Without the generall consentment of the people of Englande.
1660. trans. Amyraldus Treat. Relig., I. vi. 90. Against the consentment of all other Nations.